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Alexis Belliveau and Julien Robichaud are submitting an application for the creation of an Acadian flag emoji to the organization that reviews and approves emojis. Their online petition launched Tuesday has garnered over 10,000 signatures.
Alexis Belliveau says emoji could be a way for Acadians to express themselves in a digital world
Hope Edmond · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 16, 2026 9:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: 30 minutes ago
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Two friends in Moncton, N.B., are putting together a proposal to request the creation of an Acadian flag emoji. (Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images)
When Alexis Belliveau was searching for an Acadian flag emoji to put in a social media caption promoting his band on National Acadian Day one year ago, he quickly realized one didn’t exist.
Emojis are icons often used in text messages and emails that represent emotions, ideas and objects. There are thousands of emojis, including hundreds of different flags.
Belliveau and his friend Julien Robichaud, both of Moncton, N.B., are in the process of submitting a proposal for the creation of an Acadian flag emoji to Unicode, which is a non-profit organization based in California that reviews and approves emoji idea submissions.
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